| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | |
fabric type |
ION-ADR-A-1
|
ware |
Transport Amphorae |
supposed site of production |
Ionic-Adriatic region |
certainty of arguments |
archaeological: quite certain |
visual excamination of fresh break |
colour very pale brown, texture fine and compact, fine to infrequent large inclusions: white, red, voids |
colour of freshly broken section (munsell) |
pink 7.5 YR 7/4 |
texture of freshly broken surface |
granular |
hardness |
hard |
porosity |
5.0%; void form: vughy (0.04-0.8), channel (0.08-0.6); void length: 0.04-0.8 |
inclusions |
7.5%, length: <0.04-2.8 |
sorting |
bimodal: poorly-sorted sand in well-sorted silt |
|
Inclusions
|
quartz |
very frequent, well rounded - subangular, very spherical - subspherical, grey, white, clear, 0.04-0.4 |
mica |
frequent, angular, spherical, white, <0.04-0.04 |
calciumcarbonate |
infrequent, rounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, white, 0.04-0.24 |
carbonate pseudomorphoses |
infrequent, rounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, white, 0.08-2.8 |
reddish inclusions |
riddled with, well rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, very elongate, red, reddish brown, <0.04-0.44 |
black inclusions |
very frequent, well rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, black, <0.04-0.16 |
| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | |
vessel form type |
Amphora Gassner 5 |
fragmentation |
rim |
dimensions |
diameter: not id.cm (rim) |
chronology of object |
Greek-Classic 420-350 B.C.E. |
publication |
Bechtold 2013c, fig. 11,7. |
drawing |
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Context Data
|
site of discovery |
Jerba Ghizène |
registration code of context |
GH 110260 |
registration code of object |
GH 110260.118 |
chronology of context |
1st century C.E. |
| | fabric description | | object data | | archaeometry | | |
sample taken |
2011, by Sami Ben Tahar, INP Jerba |
sample no |
M 149/45 |
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